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Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,749 |
| Posted: | | | | I certainly know how suspended cable/internet can help with any extra expenditure. Our Cable/internet bill is about $225 a month. That's a chunk of change anyone could put too better use some times. Good luck and will look forward to seeing you when you can. | | | Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002. |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,730 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting mreeder50: Quote: Our Cable/internet bill is about $225 a month Ouch, what extra-services have you booked there? My costs are ~ 90 U$ (incl. Telephone and VOD) and that is mainly because I need synchronous DSL (32 MBit Up/Download), with the normal variant (32 Down / 2 Up) the costs would be 45 U$. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up! But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Ours is Cable TV (with premium channels, DVR and VoD) / Telephone / internet for $200 per month.
I won't miss the TV all that much since I have plenty of DVDs to watch. Telephone will be a minor inconvenience since we have cell phones (basic... not internet) in the house. But the internet... that is the one that will hurt.
I should be able to get on a little first thing tomorrow morning... but then I will only be on when I can get over to the library. | | | Pete |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,463 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Ours is Cable TV (with premium channels, DVR and VoD) / Telephone / internet for $200 per month.
I won't miss the TV all that much since I have plenty of DVDs to watch. Telephone will be a minor inconvenience since we have cell phones (basic... not internet) in the house. But the internet... that is the one that will hurt.
I should be able to get on a little first thing tomorrow morning... but then I will only be on when I can get over to the library. You are to be commended for your ability to set priorities and stick to them, even when it hurts a bit. Something that many of us, I for one, could learn from. | | | Thanks for your support. Free Plugins available here. Advanced plugins available here. Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Pretty much just doing what we have to do... can't let them sell the house from under us. | | | Pete |
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| Blair | Resistance is Futile! |
Registered: October 30, 2008 | Posts: 1,249 |
| Posted: | | | | Often, when you get thrown and stuck into a situation you weren't expecting (even if you originally planned it yourself) you can discover that it is completely different from what you expected, and in some ways for the better (although in your case you are still going to be trying to make it to the library regularly.) I use the computer every day for most of the day as both work and pleasure. I have done so for over 10 years (very little to do or social life in a cliquish small town.) Between a few personal issues and those of online friends always coming to me for advice on related issues, I felt like I was quickly heading toward a nervous breakdown. So, without a word to anyone, I unplugged my computers and didn't visit the online world in any shape or form for six months. In doing so, I realized how little it mattered. Sure I was initially thinking about the friends I was leaving behind, but I discovered ways to occupy my time that I had stopped focusing on that I had enjoyed years earlier. When I came back online, almost no one even realized I had been gone for so long. So, who knows, Pete. You may come back online and start selling your DVDs saying you don't need them anymore! (If you do, let me know... I wanna have first crack at 'em! ) | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Don't get your hopes up too high! | | | Pete |
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Registered: December 27, 2009 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,131 |
| Posted: | | | | Think I'll join you Addicted. A self imposed exile for a few months, maybe longer if I don't get the jones' to contribute. |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,730 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Ours is Cable TV (with premium channels, DVR and VoD) / Telephone / internet for $200 per month. A little tip to save some money in the future: Throw out the unneeded packages: - Premium Channels: You are buying the DVDs anyhow, so why pay twice - VoD: In fact the same reason as with the Premium Channels - DVR: Buy a TV-card and plug it to your PC / Laptop. A decent one costs about 60 U$ so why pay a monthly fee? | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up! But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,463 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Lewis_Prothero: Quote:
- DVR: Buy a TV-card and plug it to your PC / Laptop. A decent one costs about 60 U$ so why pay a monthly fee? FYI most cable services in US require a cable box or cable-card TV adapter in the PC, for which there is a fee. Then there is the issue of whether or not you can record HD - probably not. I resisted DVR for years, opting for Hauppauge cards instead, until the new restrictions. Now I love my DVR, because I can play back in original quality. When I run out of space, I just add another eSata hard drive. | | | Thanks for your support. Free Plugins available here. Advanced plugins available here. Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Well... today is the day. I will have the net put on hold a little later this morning... so just wanted to say bye to my friends here... till I can get over to the library. | | | Pete |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,819 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Blair: Quote: So, without a word to anyone, I unplugged my computers and didn't visit the online world in any shape or form for six months.
In doing so, I realized how little it mattered. Sure I was initially thinking about the friends I was leaving behind, but I discovered ways to occupy my time that I had stopped focusing on that I had enjoyed years earlier. When I came back online, almost no one even realized I had been gone for so long. Totally agree! Similar thing happened to me. At points I've chosen to stay away, and once, for 3 months we had no internet. No one noticed. No one cared. But, it taught me a valuable lesson: don't get too involved in the 'net world...it's not real and no substitute for real life. |
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Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,749 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Lewis_Prothero: Quote: Quoting mreeder50:
Quote: Our Cable/internet bill is about $225 a month
Ouch, what extra-services have you booked there? My costs are ~ 90 U$ (incl. Telephone and VOD) and that is mainly because I need synchronous DSL (32 MBit Up/Download), with the normal variant (32 Down / 2 Up) the costs would be 45 U$. We have 2 internet connections because of the 4 computers in the house sharing 1 line. We have 4 HD TVs, 2 of which are 3D and just about every Premium channel they provide including the 3D package. I forgot to mention that all 4 HD cable boxes are DVRs. | | | Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002. | | | Last edited: by mreeder50 |
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Registered: March 26, 2009 | Posts: 1,387 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting mreeder50: Quote: Quoting Lewis_Prothero:
Quote: Quoting mreeder50:
Quote: Our Cable/internet bill is about $225 a month
Ouch, what extra-services have you booked there? My costs are ~ 90 U$ (incl. Telephone and VOD) and that is mainly because I need synchronous DSL (32 MBit Up/Download), with the normal variant (32 Down / 2 Up) the costs would be 45 U$. We have 2 internet connections because of the 4 computers in the house sharing 1 line. We have 4 HD TVs, 2 of which are 3D and just about every Premium channel they provide including the 3D package.
I forgot to mention that all 4 HD cable boxes are DVRs. That is cheap unfortunately I have Cox cable with Telephone and Internet. Internet with 15 Mbps and 1 HD DVR with premeum package, no sports package $278. per month. |
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| Blair | Resistance is Futile! |
Registered: October 30, 2008 | Posts: 1,249 |
| Posted: | | | | Ummm.... I have two cans tied together with sting for talking, watch the same people walk up and down the street, and have a gerbil on a wheel for power and a carrier pigeon transporting my letters back and forth between my inbox and others'... and it only costs the price of food for the pigeon and the gerbil. Cheap and slow, but effective. I really should get with the times, though, huh? | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. |
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Registered: October 6, 2008 | Posts: 1,932 |
| Posted: | | | | <Yorkshireman>You have a gerbil?!?!</Yorkshireman> |
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